Gina Semmler
July 2025
Gina
Semmler
,
Registered Nurse
Pulse Youth Health Centre
Tasmanian Health Service - South
Hobart
,
Tasmania
Australia
Gina is the kindest, most compassionate professional advocate, and this is always evidenced in her care and support.
Gina and I have worked together for some time in the NPICU, and we both went to Pulse Youth Health Service over two years ago, where we both learned new ways of working together. Gina leaned into the work at Pulse and is a sensitive and respectful supporter of young people.
The nature of our work and not being at the hospital means that DAISY Awards pass us by as individuals in practice. Youth are unlikely to engage with this recognition, and they usually need urgent support to help them stay focused on their own experiences. If a young person is engaged with parents and the parents come with them, it is usually emotionally charged, and the focus is on the young person's situation. We do not place DAISY posters around, as this would be overwhelming for many. We also need the visual space for education and support for young people.
So, here I am, introducing you to Gina, who is a wholly dedicated, compassionate RN who provides holistic and comprehensive support for the young people who access the youth health service. I would like to offer a specific story and there are so many, but due to confidentiality and respect for the clients I will not do that, but what I will do is provide a few sentences about her excellent care.
Gina provides support for young people (12-24years) at the Glenorchy Health Centre, the Clarence Integrated Health Centre, and many schools on the Eastern Shore. She is extremely collaborative with staff and stakeholders and always shares better ways of working. She goes out of her way to provide support to colleagues and creates an environment of warmth and humour for our small team that often experiences high levels of stress and challenges created by a system that disadvantages youth. She is a flexible, keen, and respectful contributor to common goals of the service, current and future, and is the best cheerleader when others succeed. She is a mentor to new staff and takes on leadership roles when she sees the need for this.
Gina is the kindest, most compassionate professional advocate, and this is always evidenced in her care and support. The rapport she develops with clients is collaborative, respecting the agency of each individual, and she shares this deep understanding of those needs with the client and any family involved with care. She is particularly passionate about and adept at safely coordinating complex care and support for young people who are neurodiverse and those requiring comprehensive plans. This can be referrals to other providers that support young people with housing, sexual assault experiences, NDIS, THS paediatric services, family reconciliation, or other community services. Optimal well-being and individual goals set by a young client are regularly achieved with her support. She exhibits a degree of equanimity not often seen in practitioners when faced with the barriers that we, as an underfunded youth service, have to navigate.
Pulse is a trauma-informed, youth-centric space, and, as a role model for others, Gina works beyond what is expected from her role as a grade 3 RN as defined by the THS. She is being supported in her progression to her grade 4 position, as she is wholly capable.
The nature of our work and not being at the hospital means that DAISY Awards pass us by as individuals in practice. Youth are unlikely to engage with this recognition, and they usually need urgent support to help them stay focused on their own experiences. If a young person is engaged with parents and the parents come with them, it is usually emotionally charged, and the focus is on the young person's situation. We do not place DAISY posters around, as this would be overwhelming for many. We also need the visual space for education and support for young people.
So, here I am, introducing you to Gina, who is a wholly dedicated, compassionate RN who provides holistic and comprehensive support for the young people who access the youth health service. I would like to offer a specific story and there are so many, but due to confidentiality and respect for the clients I will not do that, but what I will do is provide a few sentences about her excellent care.
Gina provides support for young people (12-24years) at the Glenorchy Health Centre, the Clarence Integrated Health Centre, and many schools on the Eastern Shore. She is extremely collaborative with staff and stakeholders and always shares better ways of working. She goes out of her way to provide support to colleagues and creates an environment of warmth and humour for our small team that often experiences high levels of stress and challenges created by a system that disadvantages youth. She is a flexible, keen, and respectful contributor to common goals of the service, current and future, and is the best cheerleader when others succeed. She is a mentor to new staff and takes on leadership roles when she sees the need for this.
Gina is the kindest, most compassionate professional advocate, and this is always evidenced in her care and support. The rapport she develops with clients is collaborative, respecting the agency of each individual, and she shares this deep understanding of those needs with the client and any family involved with care. She is particularly passionate about and adept at safely coordinating complex care and support for young people who are neurodiverse and those requiring comprehensive plans. This can be referrals to other providers that support young people with housing, sexual assault experiences, NDIS, THS paediatric services, family reconciliation, or other community services. Optimal well-being and individual goals set by a young client are regularly achieved with her support. She exhibits a degree of equanimity not often seen in practitioners when faced with the barriers that we, as an underfunded youth service, have to navigate.
Pulse is a trauma-informed, youth-centric space, and, as a role model for others, Gina works beyond what is expected from her role as a grade 3 RN as defined by the THS. She is being supported in her progression to her grade 4 position, as she is wholly capable.